WHERE THERE IS WHITE CLAY WHERE THERE IS WHITE CLAY IS THE HOME OF THE WHITE EARTH NATION IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. IT IS THE LARGEST INDIAN RESERVATION IN THAT STATE. ITT IS ABOUT 225 MILES BY 65 MILES. SOME FOLKS CALL THEMSELVES ANNISHINABE, INSTEAD OF CHIPPEWA. THEY HAD ABOUT 9000 FOLKS IN 2000.
THE RESERVATION WAS CREATED IN 1867 AND THERIR CHIEFS MET IN WASHINGTON DC TO NEGOTIATE THE TREATY. EVENTUALLY MUCH OF THEIR LAND WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE U.S. GOVERNMENT. ONLY 10TH OF THE RESERVATION LAND IS OWNED BY TRIBAL MEMBERS. THEY OPERATED A CASINO AND A HOTEL.
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